Sense and Sensibility — Page 5
When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece.
Quando fece la sua promessa al padre, meditò tra sé di aumentare le fortune delle sorelle con un dono di mille sterline ciascuna.
He then really thought himself equal to it.
In quel momento si credeva davvero in grado di farlo.
The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity.
La prospettiva di quattromila sterline l'anno, in aggiunta al suo reddito attuale, oltre alla metà restante della fortuna di sua madre, gli riscaldò il cuore e lo fece sentire capace di generosità.
"Yes, he would give them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome!
«Sì, avrebbe dato loro tremila sterline: sarebbe stato generoso e magnifico!
It would be enough to make them completely easy.
Sarebbe bastato a metterle completamente a loro agio.
Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little inconvenience."
Tremila sterline! poteva permettersi una somma così considerevole con poco disagio.»
He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not repent.
Ci pensò tutto il giorno, e per molti giorni di seguito, e non se ne pentì.
No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants.
Non appena fu terminato il funerale del padre, la signora John Dashwood, senza inviare alcun avviso della sua intenzione alla suocera, arrivò con il figlio e i loro domestici.
No one could dispute her right to come; the house was her husband's from the moment of his father's decease;
Nessuno poteva contestare il suo diritto di venire; la casa apparteneva a suo marito dal momento della morte del padre;
but the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, with only common feelings, must have been highly unpleasing;
ma la mancanza di delicatezza della sua condotta era tanto più grande, e per una donna nella situazione della signora Dashwood, con sentimenti appena ordinari, doveva essere stata molto spiacevole;
—but in her mind there was a sense of honor so keen, a generosity so romantic, that any offence of the kind, by whomsoever given or received, was to her a source of immovable disgust.
—ma nella sua mente vi era un senso dell'onore così acuto, una generosità così romantica, che qualsiasi offesa di quel genere, da chiunque fatta o ricevuta, era per lei fonte di disgusto immutabile.
Vocabulary
- Quando
- KWAHN-doh — When; used to introduce a time clause
- fece
- FEH-cheh — He/she did or made; past tense of fare
- sua
- SOO-ah — His/her/its; feminine singular possessive adjective
- promessa
- proh-MES-sah — Promise; a commitment made to someone
- padre
- PAH-dreh — Father; male parent
- meditò
- meh-dee-TOH — He/she pondered or meditated; reflected deeply
- tra
- trah — Between, among, or within; preposition of position
- sé
- seh — Himself/herself; reflexive pronoun used alone
- aumentare
- ow-men-TAH-reh — To increase or augment something in amount
- fortune
- for-TOO-neh — Fortunes; wealth or financial circumstances of someone
- sorelle
- soh-REL-leh — Sisters; female siblings
- dono
- DOH-noh — Gift; something given freely to another
- mille
- MIL-leh — One thousand; the number 1000
- sterline
- ster-LEE-neh — Pounds sterling; British currency units
- ciascuna
- chah-SKOO-nah — Each one; feminine form of each/every
- quel
- kwel — That; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- momento
- moh-MEN-toh — Moment; a brief or specific point in time
- credeva
- kreh-DEH-vah — He/she believed or thought; imperfect of credere
- davvero
- dav-VEH-roh — Really, truly; used for emphasis or sincerity
- grado
- GRAH-doh — Degree, capacity; ability or level of something
- farlo
- FAR-loh — To do it; infinitive fare plus clitic lo
- prospettiva
- proh-spet-TEE-vah — Prospect, perspective; an expected future situation
- anno
- AN-noh — Year; a period of twelve months
- aggiunta
- ad-JOON-tah — Addition; something added to something else
- suo
- SOO-oh — His/her/its; masculine singular possessive adjective
- reddito
- RED-dee-toh — Income; money received regularly from work or investments
- attuale
- at-twah-LEH — Current, present; relating to the present time
- oltre
- OL-treh — Beyond, besides; in addition to something else
- metà
- meh-TAH — Half; one of two equal parts
- restante
- res-TAN-teh — Remaining; what is left over after subtraction
- fortuna
- for-TOO-nah — Fortune, luck; wealth or favorable circumstances
- madre
- MAH-dreh — Mother; female parent
- gli
- lyee — To him; indirect object pronoun masculine
- riscaldò
- rees-kal-DOH — Warmed; heated or made warm past tense
- cuore
- KWOH-reh — Heart; the organ or emotional center of feeling
- lo
- loh — Him/it; masculine singular direct object pronoun
- sentire
- sen-TEE-reh — To feel or hear; to perceive through senses
- capace
- kah-PAH-cheh — Capable, able; having the ability to do something
- generosità
- jeh-neh-roh-zee-TAH — Generosity; the quality of being freely giving
- avrebbe
- ah-VREB-beh — He/she would have; conditional of avere
- dato
- DAH-toh — Given; past participle of dare, to give
- loro
- LOH-roh — To them/their; third person plural pronoun
- sarebbe
- sah-REB-beh — He/she would be; conditional of essere
- stato
- STAH-toh — Been; past participle of essere, to be
- generoso
- jeh-neh-ROH-zoh — Generous; willing to give freely and abundantly
- magnifico
- man-YEE-fee-koh — Magnificent, splendid; impressively grand or excellent
- Sarebbe
- sah-REB-beh — It would have been; conditional of essere
- bastato
- bas-TAH-toh — Sufficed, been enough; past participle of bastare
- metterle
- MET-ter-leh — To put them; infinitive mettere plus clitic le
- completamente
- kohm-pleh-tah-MEN-teh — Completely; in a total or thorough manner
- agio
- AH-joh — Ease, comfort; a state of relaxed comfort
- poteva
- poh-TEH-vah — He/she could; imperfect tense of potere
- permettersi
- per-MET-ter-see — To afford or allow oneself; reflexive of permettere
- somma
- SOM-mah — Sum, amount; a quantity of money or numbers
- così
- koh-ZEE — So, thus; in this way or to this degree
- considerevole
- kohn-see-deh-REH-voh-leh — Considerable; notably large or significant in amount
- poco
- POH-koh — Little, a bit; small in quantity or degree
- disagio
- dee-ZAH-joh — Discomfort, unease; a sense of awkwardness or hardship
- Ci
- chee — There, about it; location or topic pronoun particle
- pensò
- pen-SOH — He/she thought; past tense of pensare
- tutto
- TOOT-toh — All, whole, everything; complete without exception
- giorno
- JOR-noh — Day; a period of twenty-four hours
- molti
- MOL-tee — Many; a large number of things or people
- giorni
- JOR-nee — Days; plural of giorno, twenty-four-hour periods
- seguito
- SEH-gwee-toh — After, following; subsequent in order or time
- se
- seh — Himself; reflexive particle or conditional conjunction
- ne
- neh — Of it/them; partitive or topic clitic pronoun
- pentì
- pen-TEE — He/she repented or regretted; past of pentirsi
- appena
- ap-PEH-nah — As soon as; barely or just after something happens
- fu
- foo — Was; third person singular remote past of essere
- terminato
- ter-mee-NAH-toh — Finished, ended; past participle of terminare
- funerale
- foo-neh-RAH-leh — Funeral; ceremony held after someone's death
- signora
- see-NYOH-rah — Mrs., lady; respectful title for a woman
- senza
- SEN-tsah — Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- inviare
- een-vyah-REH — To send; to dispatch a message or item
- alcun
- al-KOON — Any; masculine singular of alcuno, used in negation
- avviso
- av-VEE-zoh — Notice, warning; an advance notification given to someone
- intenzione
- een-ten-TSYOH-neh — Intention; a plan or purpose to do something
- suocera
- SWOH-cheh-rah — Mother-in-law; the mother of one's spouse
- arrivò
- ar-ree-VOH — She/he arrived; past tense of arrivare
- figlio
- FEE-lyoh — Son; male child of a parent
- domestici
- doh-MES-tee-chee — Servants, domestic staff; household employees
- Nessuno
- nes-SOO-noh — Nobody, no one; negative indefinite pronoun
- contestare
- kohn-tes-TAH-reh — To contest, challenge; to dispute someone's right
- diritto
- dee-REET-toh — Right, entitlement; a legal or moral claim
- venire
- veh-NEE-reh — To come; to move toward a place or person
- casa
- KAH-zah — House, home; a building where people live
- apparteneva
- ap-par-teh-NEH-vah — Belonged; imperfect tense of appartenere
- marito
- mah-REE-toh — Husband; male spouse in a marriage
- morte
- MOR-teh — Death; the end of life
- mancanza
- man-KAN-tsah — Lack, absence; the state of something being missing
- delicatezza
- deh-lee-kah-TET-tsah — Delicacy, tact; sensitivity and careful consideration
- condotta
- kohn-DOT-tah — Conduct, behavior; the manner in which one acts
- era
- EH-rah — Was; imperfect tense of essere, to be
- tanto
- TAN-toh — So much, so; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs
- più
- pyoo — More; comparative adverb of degree or quantity
- grande
- GRAN-deh — Great, big; large in size or importance
- donna
- DON-nah — Woman; adult female person
- situazione
- see-twah-TSYOH-neh — Situation; a set of circumstances at a given time
- sentimenti
- sen-tee-MEN-tee — Feelings, sentiments; emotional states or responses
- ordinari
- or-dee-NAH-ree — Ordinary, normal; common and not exceptional
- doveva
- doh-VEH-vah — Had to, was supposed to; imperfect of dovere
- essere
- ES-seh-reh — To be; fundamental auxiliary and linking verb
- stata
- STAH-tah — Been; feminine past participle of essere
- molto
- MOL-toh — Very, much; intensifier for adjectives and adverbs
- spiacevole
- spyah-CHEH-voh-leh — Unpleasant, disagreeable; causing discomfort or annoyance
- mente
- MEN-teh — Mind; the cognitive and intellectual faculty
- vi
- vee — There, in it; location adverb or clitic pronoun
- senso
- SEN-soh — Sense, feeling; perception or meaning of something
- onore
- oh-NOH-reh — Honor; high respect or moral integrity
- acuto
- ah-KOO-toh — Acute, keen; sharp or intense in perception
- romantica
- roh-MAN-tee-kah — Romantic; idealistic and sensitive to feelings
- qualsiasi
- kwahl-SYAH-zee — Any, whatever; of any kind whatsoever
- offesa
- of-FEH-zah — Offense, insult; an act that causes hurt or anger
- genere
- JEH-neh-reh — Kind, type, sort; a category or variety
- chiunque
- kyoon-KWEH — Anyone, whoever; any person without exception
- fatta
- FAT-tah — Done, made; feminine past participle of fare
- ricevuta
- ree-cheh-VOO-tah — Received; feminine past participle of ricevere
- lei
- LEH-ee — She, her; third person feminine singular pronoun
- fonte
- FON-teh — Source, font; origin or cause of something
- disgusto
- dees-GOOS-toh — Disgust; strong feeling of aversion or repulsion
- immutabile
- eem-moo-TAH-bee-leh — Immutable, unchangeable; remaining constant and fixed
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